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Every profession Heeds it, but it is greatly to be feared that our 

 farmers neglect this hygienic measure, much to their own sorrow. 

 And lastly, as the mightiest safeguard, no profession or occupa- 

 tion can be so trustful in an all-wise G-od and Father as the farmer. 

 No occupation can so uniformly secure some results fi'om its labor 

 as does his who tills the soil. He may, it is true, often be disap- 

 pointed in the full and rich crop which he had expected, but how 

 seldom does his labor fail entirely. Compare this with mercan- 

 tile failures, bank robberies, railroad swindles, and the devastation 

 by fire. To no other business is such assurance as this given : 

 " Seed time and harvest, summer and winter shall not fail." This 

 composure I trust will often be a better panacea for insanity to 

 the farmer — and, bless His Name, to every one of us — than the 

 highest skill and knowledge of the physician and psycopathist. 



